The following video clip was filmed while I was in a camera blind made of palm fronds that I had built next to a bear trail. I had been sitting there meditating on my mosquito bites for several hours when this fellow wandered into view. He stood there real peaceful like just being a bear, [...]
Archive for March, 2008
BEAR ATTACK!
Posted by ctowne in March 30th, 2008
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Posted in: Wilderness adventure, Wildlife
THE SWAMP, A LIVING ORGANISM
Posted by ctowne in March 26th, 2008
Posted in: Adventure, Nature, Nature writing, Survival, Wilderness adventure, Wildlife Tags: Alive, Beating heart of nature, Cycle of death
“What’s a bog?” asked Pooh. “If your ankles get wet, that’s a bog.” said Eeyore. “I see”, said Pooh. “Whereas,” continued Eeyore, “if you sink in up to your neck, that’s a swamp.”
As we gaze in awe at the natural beauty surrounding us we are unaware of the fact that we are being watched. The [...]
TALKING TRASH WITH THE REBORN RIVER RAT
Posted by ctowne in March 23rd, 2008
Posted in: Litter-bugs, Nature writing, Stupidity Tags: Taillus gatorus, Trashus Idioticus Domesticus
TRASHUS IDIOTICUS DOMESTICUS
By
Charles Towne
I don’t know if you have noticed it or not but some folks don’t have the good sense God gave a goofy gopher!
Man, I love this grand country of ours. It is “Land of the free and the home of the brave” and quite obviously the natural habitat of what I refer [...]
Garloo the gopher turtle has spent years accumulating a collection of wise, woodsy sayings "what am handy t' live by!" Grab your daily dose of wisdom.
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Writer / Public speaker / naturalist / bear walker /wildlife photographer, providing wildlife footage for educational purposes to such fine organizations as Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Equinox Documentaries, Jim Fowler's 'Life in the Wild', Conservation Biology Magazine, Florida Department of Natural Resources, and various universities.